Sleepy Old Bear Diaries

I fought the floor, and the floor won.
 

We are in Montpellier, since about 1330 Saturday. But our luggage arrived only on Sunday night. So, Sunday was spent wandering around, not quite aimlessly. We had to be careful because Arlene’s sun block was in the checked luggage, and Montpellier closes up tight on the Sabbath. Must be that old Protestant heritage. Normally I [...]

Completed. Waiting in Halifax for our flight to Montreal Dorval.

… blogging will be light until August. This afternoon I will be flying with the wife to Montpellier, France.
The things I do for my university.

Go here for a well-informed letter to the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Take a deep breath … and just relax. The world is not burning up — yet … but wait until the sun begins to expand. But a lot can happen in a few billion years.

From a Humanities student:
 
 

The guy is an outrageous meglomaniac who teaches the most useless and esoteric material that has no value in the “real world”. The fantasty world in which he lives and works feeds his ego and mania.

 
 
 
 
I take that as an affirmation of my excellence. Go here.
 
Please check the spelling of megalomaniac. And [...]

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Couples who shack up before tying the knot are more likely to get divorced than their counterparts who don’t move in together until marriage, a new study suggests.
Upwards of 70 percent of U.S. couples are cohabiting these days before marrying, the researchers estimate.
The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, indicates [...]

People and empires were on the move during the years of the MWP, and they stopped moving-or moved out-afterward.  SOMETHING was certainly happening at this time, and something destroyed many of these great empires. 
When the Maunder Minimum struck in 1645, the Earth appears to have cooled globally, and the moment in the sun for many [...]

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Robinson says renewed investments in university research will create jobs and contribute to the long-term economic and social development of the country.
“The government must also invest in the skills and knowledge of people through increased funding to provinces in support of universities and colleges,” he added.
CAUT is also calling on the government to expand access [...]